St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-08

A cyclone struck Brownsville, Tex, ana
continued for thirty-five hours. SO far as
known no lives were lost. The village OF
Santa Cruz, opposite Brownsville, was el-
tirely submerged for several hours. The
Rio Grande rose rapidly and the backWater
overflowed many miles of fertile country
The wind reached the maximum velocity OF
seventy-eight miles an hour, and the rainfall
reached nearly ten and halt mcheS.
The floods did almost as much damage
as the wind. Hardly a tree was lett
standing in the vicinity of Brownsville, ana
several hundred acres of sugar cane were
blown flat to the earth. The roof OF Masonic
Hall was carried away, ScanlOn's large on
warehouse was demolished and many private
residences were unroofed and had their con-
tents ruined by the heavy rain. The tele-
graph wires were prOstrated and the extent
OF the damage south and west OF BROWNSVILLE
along the Rio Grande, is not yet known IN
Brownsville seventy small houses were
blown down and three hundred others
were unroofed and rendered unfit for occu-
pancy. In Matamoras dozen houses OF the
better class and from $50 to 200 small houses
were Frustrated by the wind while from 4Oo
to 500 others were unroOfed. In the country
on the American side of the river countless
heads of cattle and sheep were lost and the
crops of cotton, corn and sugar cane were
completely prostrated and destroyed. The
damage in that section is estimated at ST.
| 100000.
Fish & Connells barb wire mill in Joliet,
| H., has been burned. Loss, $25, 600; fully
| insured.
| Captain Black has had conference with
| General Roger A. Pryor, in New York, re-
! specting the cases of the condemned Anarch-
! lists in Chicago After the conference Gen.
| eral Pryor said he was convinced that the
| points taken by Captain Black were excel
lent, and that an application for writ OF error
would be granted. He said he was now con-
nected with the case and was confident the
writ would be obtained in time to prevent
the execution of the condemned men.
Lucy Parsons, the wife of one of the con-
demned Anarchists, has been arrested in
! Chicago for violating a city ordinance pro-
! hibiting the distribution of hand-bills on
the streets. The circulars were copies Of
Parsons address to the public.
James A. Stewart, of Wichita, Kan, has
been sentenced to seventeen years and four
months in the county Jail, fined $50, 800,
with costs Of prosecution, for the violation
Of the prohibition law. He was a clerk in
the West-end drug store, and pleaded guilty
to an indictment containing 2,0SO counts, at
the same time as did Herman, the proprietor
Of the place. The latter cannot be found.
Secretary Whitney says of the recent
dynamite gun experiment: "The expert
Fp1 ba
lifted up bodily and then went out of sight
instantly. The resistance of that target was
evidently no measure of the power Of the
projectile. 1t demonstrates this that they
can lodge dynamite in destructive quanti-
ties a mile and a quarter off With
considerable accuracy, and it is
matter of detail merely to increase the
range of the gun and the quantity Of
the explosive so as to render it capable of de-
stroying the strongest ironclads. 1t avoids
the present contest between torpedoes and
machine guns. The method now employed
for using high explosives is in torpedoes.
Torpedoes are met with machine guns
and nettings placed about ships, but this
pneumatic gun is new method of attack.
Taking its range and the line of flight of the
projectile, it is difficult to say how it can be
met For coast defense it seems to me the
most important arm ever invented"
William Jones, an English member of ths
Universal Peace Society, called upon Colonel
Lamont to arrange for the presentation of
an address to the President on behalf of the
English branch of the society favoring arbi-
tration, instead of war; for the settlement of
international differences.
In an interview in Tacoma, W. T., relative
to his projected university, Senator Leland
Stanford said it would be built with sole
regard to the poor, and no rich mans son or
daughter will want to go there. THE houses
for the comfort and convenience of my
guests will be plain but substantial, and due
regard will be had to every want of the
pupils, but nothing ornate or grand will be
allowed. This institution will absorb nv
wealth and be monument to the memory
of my son.
The strike of the employees of the Ameri-
can iron works of Jones & Mclaughlin, at
Pittsburg, has ended in favor of the men and
work has been resumed. The strike was for
a small advance in the roll turner's depart-
ment, and affected less than a dozen men
but almost the entire force of 5000 men quit
work pending settlement
The plug tobacco department of P, Loril-
ard & Co.'S tobacco mandatory, in JERSEY
Jity, has suspended, it was said, for the DUR
pose of repairs. Three thousand hands are
hrown out of work.
The National Command Union Veterans,
Union is holding the second annual en-
'ampment in Cleveland, O.. Delegates are
present from Massachusetts, New Jersey
New York, Pennsylvania, Connections. Mi.
lois, Michigan, District of Columbia and
ohio. A committee was appointed to frame
new pension bill for presentation to Con.
'ress. The Womans Relief Corns was
recognized as an auxiliary to the union.
The National Telephone EXCHANGE Con-
,ention is in session at Pittsburg. n wac
lecided to hold the next convention in New
York A. V. Garrett, of Boston, read
echnical paper on "The New system of
Designating and Ordering Wire.'' WD
'argeant, of Brooklyn, read paper IN
Underground Work" He suggested that
mixture of lead and tin would preserve
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